On May 29, 8:54 am, RogerC <Rog...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I received this message yesterday. I have followed the discussions and it
> seems to me that 307545.exe is the way to resolve it.
>
> I would appreciate knowing what the consequences of doing this will be? MY
> HD is partitioned. I have Windows XP SP3 on the C: partition. I have 2
> programs on the C: and have the original discs to reinstall them if
> necessary. My other programs and photos etc are on the D: and E: partitions.
>
> By carrying out the instructions in 307545.exe will I lose any data on the
> D: and E: partitions? Would reinstalling XP be a simpler option or not a good
> idea?
That is usually an incorrect (and sadly) a very popular assumption,
but you can certainly try KB307545 if you want. The usual consequence
of "trying" things are whatever you try will not work, you waste a lot
of time, ou get frustrated, you make a simple problem worse or
completely unfixable.
Many XP startup error message with no boot situations report missing
or corrupt files and in spite of what the message says, the files are
hardly every really missing or corrupt - XP just can't find them and
does the best it can with the error message. If they are really
missing, just replace them.
A missing or corrupt hal.dll is another example. Folks will fret and
fuss all day long trying to figure out how to replace their "missing
or corrupt" hal.dll and the fact of the matter is the file is not
missing or corrupt at all. It takes about 30 seconds these things
99.9% of the time - if you can get to it before folks applying advice
that begins with words like try, maybe, could be, might be,
possibly....
I have fixed or help fix the problem that brings about that error
message 100+ times and never used KB307545 to do it.
I have never reinstalled XP to fix this problem - or any other problem
for that matter. Never.
If you have a power interruption, aborted restart, ungraceful
shutdown, used your power button or did some plug pulling on your
system, your file system is likely corrupted.
Did any of these events occur?
If yes, then you should boot into the P Recovery Console and verify
the integrity of your file system before you do anything else.
If any of those events have occurred, you should boot into the Windows
Recovery Console using a bootable XP installation CD, or create on a
bootable XP Recovery Console CD. This is not the same as any recovery
disks that might have come a store bought system.
If you are not sure what kind of bootable CD you have, make a bootable
XP Recovery Console CD and be sure.
For each of your hard disk partitions, you should then run:
chkdsk /r
For example, from the Recovery Console prompt, enter:
chkdsk c: /r
You can create a bootable XP Recovery Console CD when no XP media is
available by follwing the directions in this link:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic276527.html
For each of your hard disks, you should then run:
chkdsk /r
For example, from the Recovery Console prompt, enter:
chkdsk c: /r